Paul Simmons has joined the New York-based private equity real estate firm as a partner focused on acquisitions and business development, with a particular emphasis on both the domestic market and Mexico.
The investment bank has appointed one of the biggest names in UK property to sit on a newly created advisory council to its European private equity real estate division.
The developer 2006-11-01 Staff Writer When the US real estate market collapsed in the late 1980s, many private investors, to say nothing of national governments, were caught in the headlights. Eugene Golub, however, entered the fray almost immediately: Golub & Company, a Chicago-based developer, became t
The rebel 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Though Richard Georgi is infamous for his brash, hard-charging manner—a former colleague once told <italic>The Independent:</italic>“He's a nice guy but I wouldn't invite him to my birthday party. And if I did I would warn everyone first”—he has nonetheless reach
The independent 2006-11-01 Staff Writer In just eight years, Wesley Edens has built New York-based Fortress into one of the most respected firms in the private equity, real estate and distressed investing arenas with more than $24 billion in equity capital under management. A number of pension fund consultan
The mentor 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Over more than 40 years, the professional career of Neil Bluhm has played out, in some respects, like a morality play in three acts. First came the rise to fame and fortune as the cofounder, along with his childhood friend Judd Malkin, of JMB Realty, one of the largest real
The lender of first resort 2006-11-01 Staff Writer As the founding president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Jacques Attali became the “lender of first and only resort” for property investors in Eastern and Central Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Without his leadersh
The gambler 2006-11-01 Staff Writer As the head of Colony Capital, Tom Barrack was at the forefront of investing in the sort of assets-cumoperating-companies that now permeate the private equity real estate industry: hotels, theme restaurants, pubs and, perhaps his firm's most well known investments, casinos
The pioneer 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Ira Lubert, half of the Philadelphia private equity real estate firm Lubert-Adler Real Estate Funds, has described his partner, Dean Adler, as the real estate brains behind the operation. Another fund manager told <italic>PERE</italic> that Adler stood out as “
Since 1998, CBRE Investors has revamped its private equity real estate business. Just as the company announced plans to reshuffle its executive suite, PERE sat down with the firm's leadership to discuss where the firm came from—and where it's going. By Aaron Lovell